| 0.0 : USA (Playing XI) - Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir, Andries Gous (WK), Aaron Jones (C), Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar. |
| South Africa (Playing XI) - Quinton de Kock (WK), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi. |
| Aaron Jones, the stand-in skipper of USA says that they will bowl first. Reckons it will be a good wicket and if anything, the seamers will get the most out of it right at the start. Informs that they are going in with the extra spinner. Adds that the wicket seems similar to Dallas and it will play well and will look to bowl well upfront. |
| TOSS - The stand-in skipper of USA, Aaron Jones has won the coin flip and he informs that they will BOWL first. |
| The skipper of South Africa, Aiden Markram says this looks like a good pitch and they werenât sure what to do had they won the toss so they are not too bothered by it. Informs that they have gone with an extra-spinner hence Keshav Maharaj gets into the XI and replaces Ottneil Baartman. Mentions that the change is purely because of the condition and Ottneil Baartman is unlucky to miss out today. |
| It is time for the pre-match formalities. Sir Curtly Ambrose brings out that coveted Trophy and places it on the podium. Players from both sides have lined up for their national anthems. It will be the national anthem of South Africa followed by that of USA. |
| Done and dusted with the pre-match formalities and it is now time to get the Super Eight stage underway! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of USA who take their places on the field. It will be the pairing of Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks that will open the innings for South Africa. The in-form Saurabh Netravalkar has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Just the one slip in place. Let's go... |
| 0.1 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Quinton de Kock, South Africa are up and running with a single. Good length shaping away from the batter around off. Quinton de Kock opens his bat face and dabs this wide off backward point to his right for a single. |
| 0.2 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, Back of a length just outside off, Reeza Hendricks looks to block this back towards the bowler but misses on his outside edge. |
| 0.3 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, Pitched up outside off, Reeza Hendricks leans to the pitch of it and drives this towards cover for no run. |
| 0.4 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, Good length on top of off, Reeza Hendricks punches this straight back to the bowler for another dot. |
| 0.5 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, 2 runs. |
| 0.6 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, Good length on the pads, Reeza Hendricks tucks this to the fielder on the leg side to close the over with a dot. |
| 1.1 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, Good length outside off, Quinton de Kock punches this wide of the mid off fielder for a single. |
| 0.6 : Ali Khan to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Ali Khan to Reeza Hendricks, Good length in middle and leg, Reeza Hendricks punches this towards the fielder at short cover for no run. Reeza Hendricks is middling the ball nicely so far. |
| 1.4 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Good length sliding down leg, Quinton de Kock misses the flick. Wided. |
| 1.3 : Ali Khan to Reeza Hendricks, Back of a length around off, Reeza Hendricks dabs this towards the left of the fielder at cover-point and takes a quick single. The fielder aims at the striker's end but misses. |
| 1.4 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, No run. |
| 1.5 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, Fuller on the pads, Quinton de Kock flicks this towards the fielder at deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 2.1 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Quinton de Kock, Good length outside off, Quinton de Kock cuts this towards deep third for a single. |
| 1.6 : Ali Khan to Reeza Hendricks, SIX! FIRST OF MANY TONIGHT! Back of a length outside off, Reeza Hendricks shuffles to his leg, walks down the track and lofts this flat and over the fence towards deep cover for a biggie. The wind helps deposit this over the fence for six runs. |
| 2.2 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, Back of a length outside off, Reeza Hendricks acknowledges the good line and length by Saurabh Netravalkar and blocks this out. |
| 2.3 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, Good length in middle and leg, Reeza Hendricks jumps down the track and miscues the flick off the cue end towards deep mid-wicket region for a couple. |
| 2.4 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Reeza Hendricks, OUT! c Corey Anderson b Saurabh Netravalkar. |
| 0.0 : Who comes in next? |
| 2.5 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Aiden Markram, Back of a length around off, Aiden Markram dabs this towards third man region for a single. |
| 2.6 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Quinton de Kock, On a length just outside off, Quinton de Kock pushes this firmly towards cover for no run. |
| 3.1 : Jessy Singh to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Juicy half-volley outside off and Aiden Markram treats this well with an uppish drive in the gap between cover and cover-point for a boundary. Aiden Markram is looking good at the start of his innings. |
| 3.2 : Jessy Singh to Aiden Markram, Good length in middle, Aiden Markram nudges this towards mid-wicket region and takes one. |
| 3.3 : Jessy Singh to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! On a length in middle and leg, Quinton de Kock looks to clear the fence but the ball travels off the toe towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : Jessy Singh to Quinton de Kock, No ball and Six! |
| Jessy Singh to Quinton de Kock, Six! |
| 3.5 : Jessy Singh to Quinton de Kock, SIX! Wow, Quinton de Kock is sending every ball into orbit here. Just short of a good length and on the stumps, de Kock picks it up by getting inside the line and lifts it high over deep backward square leg to make it three maximums in a row. 28 off the over with one ball still to go. |
| 3.6 : Jessy Singh to Quinton de Kock, Finally, a dot! A bit fuller and pitched up around off stump, Quinton de Kock gets well on the front foot and pushes it to covers. South Africa are off to a stellar start here. |
| 4.1 : Nosthush Kenjige to Aiden Markram, Fuller around off, Aiden Markram drills this towards long off for one. |
| 4.2 : Nosthush Kenjige to Quinton de Kock, Short of a length in middle and leg, Quinton de Kock tucks this away towards leg for one. |
| 4.3 : Nosthush Kenjige to Aiden Markram, Short of a length around off, Aiden Markram thumps this on the bounce towards the fielder at extra-cover for no run. |
| 4.4 : Nosthush Kenjige to Aiden Markram, Touch fuller in middle and leg, Aiden Markram flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 4.5 : Nosthush Kenjige to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Quinton de Kock doesn't care whether it's with the breeze or against the breeze. Too short and over leg stump, de Kock stays back and muscles the ball away behind square leg for another boundary. |
| 4.6 : Nosthush Kenjige to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries to end the over. Fuller outside off, Quinton de Kock drives this wide of the extra-cover fielder for a boundary through that region. Quinton de Kock looks set to play a big knock today. |
| 5.1 : Ali Khan to Aiden Markram, Starts the new spell from over the stumps and bowls it full around off stump. Aiden Markram drives on the up but without much timing towards covers. |
| 5.2 : Ali Khan to Aiden Markram, Pitched-up delivery onto middle stump, Aiden Markram stands tall and heaves it off the inner half of the bat wide of mid on for a quick single. Good running! |
| 5.3 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, No run. |
| 5.4 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Full and swinging well down the leg side, Quinton de Kock swings at it but misses and the keeper does well to get a glove on it and deflects the ball to short fine leg. |
| Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, Just drags the length back and bowls it around off, Quinton de Kock walks towards the ball and looks to heave it away but miscues it off the inside edge towards short fine leg. |
| 5.5 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, SIX! BANG! |
| 5.6 : Ali Khan to Quinton de Kock, A dot to end the Powerplay but South Africa are flying at 64/1! Good length on the stumps, Quinton de Kock backs away and swats the ball straight to the man at mid on. |
| 6.1 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, 1 run. |
| 6.2 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, No run. |
| 6.3 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, Flatter one, trying to angle it across Quinton de Kock who works it towards mid-wicket for a single and brings up 500 runs in T20I World Cups for himself. |
| 6.4 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, A tad short and angled into middle and leg, Aiden Markram goes on the back foot and flicks it away in between deep mid-wicket and long on for one more. |
| 6.5 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, 1 run. |
| 6.6 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, On a length and at the stumps, Aiden Markram gets on the front foot and knocks it down to long on to make it five singles in the over. |
| 7.1 : Steven Taylor to Aiden Markram, Starts off with a shortish delivery and bowls it wide of the off stump, Aiden Markram backs away and slaps the ball square on the off side for a run. |
| 7.2 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, 1 run. |
| 7.3 : Steven Taylor to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Solid connection on that one! Speared in a bit full and around off stump, Aiden Markram attempts the reverse sweep and shovels it nicely over backward point for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : Steven Taylor to Aiden Markram, SIX! Lovely use of the feet this time from Aiden Markram! Tossed up full and on the stumps, Markram skips down the pitch and lofts it with minimal effort over long on for a biggie. |
| 7.5 : Steven Taylor to Aiden Markram, Quicker and flatter outside off stump, Aiden Markram rocks back and cuts it hard through covers for a single. |
| 7.6 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, Drops it a bit short and around off stump, Quinton de Kock stays back and just dabs it down behind point for another easy single. 14 off the over, another good one for the Proteas. |
| 8.1 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, This is fired in full at the stumps, Quinton de Kock can't get under it and jams it out through mid on for just a single. |
| 8.2 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, On a fuller length and angling into middle and leg, Aiden Markram leans on and works it away through wide mid on for one more. |
| 8.3 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, 1 run. |
| 8.4 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, Flatter delivery on the fifth stump line, Aiden Markram rocks back and cuts it square through covers for another single. |
| 8.5 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, No run. |
| 8.6 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, 1 run. |
| 8.5 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, No ball and Four! There's the FIFTY for Quinton de Kock and what a return to form this has been for the southpaw. Oh, dear! Harmeet Singh has overstepped and that is pretty shoddy from the spinner. |
| 9.1 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, On the shorter side around off, tapped away straight to point. |
| 9.2 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Oh, that's found the gap to perfection! |
| 9.3 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, Quicker and flatter outside off, Quinton de Kock cuts this on the bounce towards the fielder at point for no run. Tossed up on a length and around middle, de Kock reaches out to sweep and connects it well and gets it straight through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, A valiant effort in the deep from Corey Anderson. Fired in full and wide outside off, Quinton de Kock gets across and looks to drive but gets it off the cue end of the bat and straight back past the keeper. Corey Anderson from inside the ring chases it down and slides in to save the boundary. Two runs are taken. |
| 9.5 : Steven Taylor to Quinton de Kock, BYE! Some extra bounce there! |
| 9.6 : Steven Taylor to Aiden Markram, A single to end the 10th over and at the halfway mark, South Africa are cruising at 101/1! |
| 10.1 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, Tossed up outside off, Aiden Markram lofts this over cover for a single. The fielder was well-positioned at the deep cover fence. |
| 10.2 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, Quicker and flatter around off, Quinton de Kock bumps this back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Time for a drinks break. South Africa has been the dominant side so far with Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram displaying the range of strokes they possess. The batters have been aided by some indisciplined bowling and they have taken full monty of it. USA needs to break this partnership soon, or else they'll be chasing shadows. |
| 10.3 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, Too full and under the bat on off, Quinton de Kock squeezes this to the off side for one. |
| 10.4 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, No run. |
| 10.5 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, FOUR! DELICATE! Short of a length outside off, Aiden Markram stretches his arms and slices this finely wide of Aaron Jones at backward point to his right this time and finds the fence.  |
| 10.6 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, Too full in middle, Aiden Markram rolls this all along the ground towards long on for a single to end the over. |
| 11.1 : Corey Anderson to Aiden Markram, Good length in middle, Aiden Markram stays back and punches this down the ground to long off for one. |
| 11.2 : Corey Anderson to Quinton de Kock, SIX! WHACKED! Easy picking for Quinton de Kock as he smashes his fifth maximum of the game so far. Low full toss in middle and leg, Quinton de Kock clears his front leg and slogs this well behind the advertising board towards the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 11.3 : Corey Anderson to Quinton de Kock, Wide yorker outside off, Quinton de Kock slices this to deep point for a single. |
| 11.4 : Corey Anderson to Aiden Markram, Good length angling across the batter, Aiden Markram nudges this towards deep mid-wicket region for one. |
| 11.5 : Corey Anderson to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! CLEVER! Full and wide outside off, Quinton de Kock opens his bat face and slices this through the gap between backward point and short third fielder for a boundary. He is toying with the field here. |
| 11.6 : Corey Anderson to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! INNOVATIVE! On a length wide of off, Quinton de Kock picks it up early and with the third man fielder inside the circle he reverse-paddles this for a boundary towards that region. This is cheeky from the southpaw. |
| 12.1 : Harmeet Singh to Aiden Markram, Tossed up wide of off, Aiden Markram drills this to long off for one and brings Quinton de Kock back on strike. |
| 12.2 : Harmeet Singh to Quinton de Kock, OUT! c Shayan Jahangir b Harmeet Singh. |
| 12.3 : Harmeet Singh to David Miller, OUT! ONE BRINGS TWO! Fuller in middle, David Miller smashes this back to the bowler and he now has to walk back on a golden duck. |
| 0.0 : David Miller is pushed up the order at number 4. |
| 12.4 : Harmeet Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Quicker one on the pads, Heinrich Klaasen tucks this towards the leg side for no run. |
| 0.0 : Heinrich Klaasen walks out to face the hat-trick delivery. |
| 12.5 : Harmeet Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Fuller on off, Heinrich Klaasen drives this to extra-cover for no run. |
| 12.6 : Harmeet Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Length dragged back in middle, Heinrich Klaasen rocks back and punches this to long off for one. |
| 13.1 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 13.2 : Nosthush Kenjige to Aiden Markram, Half-tracker around off, Aiden Markram rocks back and punches this to long off for one. |
| 13.3 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, Touch fuller on off, Heinrich Klaasen drills this towards extra-cover for no run. |
| 13.4 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, Length dragged back around off, Heinrich Klaasen goes deep in his crease and plays the square cut for a single. |
| 13.5 : Nosthush Kenjige to Aiden Markram, Floats one in middle and leg, Aiden Markram nudges this through mid-wicket region for a couple. |
| 13.6 : Nosthush Kenjige to Aiden Markram, Tossed up in the line of stumps, Aiden Markram rolls this through mid on for a single towards long on. |
| 14.1 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Aiden Markram, FOUR! TOO SHORT AND PUNISHED! Short and wide outside off, Aiden Markram plays this late and cuts this bisecting the fielders on off behind the wicket for a boundary. This was perfectly placed between the fielders at short third and backward point. |
| 14.3 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Heinrich Klaasen, Good length angling across the batter, Heinrich Klaasen carves this towards the fielder at third man region for one. |
| 14.4 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Aiden Markram, Slower one angling across the batter with fingers rolled sideways, Aiden Markram pushes this to sweeper cover for one. |
| 14.2 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Aiden Markram, 1 run. |
| 14.5 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Heinrich Klaasen, Good length around off, Heinrich Klaasen goes back and cuts this through point for another single. |
| 14.6 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Aiden Markram, OUT! c Ali Khan b Saurabh Netravalkar. |
| 0.0 : Tristan Stubbs is the new man in. |
| 15.2 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 15.1 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Up and just over the fence! Quick and flat at the stumps, Heinrich Klaasen backs away and forces the lofted shot off the back foot and hits it flat over the leaping fielder at long off for a six. |
| 15.3 : Nosthush Kenjige to Tristan Stubbs, Looking for two but won't get it! Slides one in at the pads, Tristan Stubbs tucks it away in front of square leg and picks up a single. |
| 15.4 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, Drags the length back and angles it in at the legs, Heinrich Klaasen works it off the back foot into the vacant space at mid-wicket and picks up another single. |
| 15.5 : Nosthush Kenjige to Tristan Stubbs, Short and a bit wide, Tristan Stubbs reaches out and taps the ball away to deep point and turns the strike over. |
| 15.6 : Nosthush Kenjige to Heinrich Klaasen, Excellent running! Floated up a bit and on the pads, Heinrich Klaasen flicks it away in front of the man at deep mid-wicket and races back for the second run. Can Klaasen propel South Africa over 200 runs from here? |
| 16.1 : Jessy Singh to Tristan Stubbs, 2 runs. |
| 16.2 : Jessy Singh to Tristan Stubbs, Another full toss and Jessy Singh is getting away with it. On off stump and angling back in, Tristan Stubbs looks to heave but ends up just getting it off the inner half of the bat through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.3 : Jessy Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Looks to bowl it into the pitch but angles it well outside the off stump for a wide. |
| Jessy Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Another extra as Jessy Singh gets the wide yorker beyond the tramline outside off and Heinrich Klaasen is unable to reach it. |
| Jessy Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Takes some pace off that one and bowls it slightly shorter around off, Heinrich Klaasen hits it off the back foot and gets it down to long on for a single. |
| 16.4 : Jessy Singh to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run. |
| 16.5 : Jessy Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, Rolls his fingers across the ball and floats it up full and outside off, Heinrich Klaasen drills the ball straight back past the bowler but collects just one more as the fielder in the deep tidies up. |
| 16.6 : Jessy Singh to Tristan Stubbs, On a good length and pushed well outside off stump, Tristan Stubbs moves to the off side and looks to cut but is well beaten. A fairly tidy over from Jessy Singh barring the two wides. |
| 17.1 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, 2 runs. |
| 17.2 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! In the slot and over the ropes! Too full outside off stump, Heinrich Klaasen stays deep and opens up the off side before slam-dunking it over the cover fence for a lovely six. |
| 17.3 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, Good comeback from Ali Khan. A well-directed bumper, bowled at a brisk pace and right around the face. Heinrich Klaasen sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 17.4 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 17.5 : Ali Khan to Tristan Stubbs, Oh, where was that heading? A bit pre-meditated from Tristan Stubbs and he sets up for the reverse ramp but Ali Khan bowls a full toss right at Stubbs and he somehow manages to adjust and flicks it over the keeper's head for a couple of runs. |
| 17.6 : Ali Khan to Tristan Stubbs, Nice and full outside the off stump and in the blockhole, Tristan Stubbs jams the ball out through covers and picks up a single. |
| 0.0 : Saurabh Netravalkar will bowl the penultimate over. |
| 18.1 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Tristan Stubbs, EDGED AND FOUR! Slower delivery from over the stumps, a touch fuller and angling it across the right-hander. Tristan Stubbs hangs back and looks to hammer it on the off side but gets a thick outside edge that goes well wide of the keeper and rolls away into the third man fence. |
| 18.2 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Tristan Stubbs, A low full toss, wide of the off stump, Tristan Stubbs reaches out and slaps it away wide of long off where Nitish Kumar sprints across to his left and dives in to save a couple of runs for his side. |
| 18.3 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Tristan Stubbs, No run. |
| 18.4 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Tristan Stubbs, Another golden dot and that is brilliant execution from Saurabh Netravalkar. Tristan Stubbs is early to go across the off stump and Netravalkar is able to get the wide yorker even wider and the ball sneaks under Stubbs' willow. |
| 18.5 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Tristan Stubbs, A hat-trick of dots and Tristan Stubbs is trying too many things out there. |
| 18.6 : Saurabh Netravalkar to Tristan Stubbs, Immaculate bowling from Saurabh Netravalkar and only 6 runs come off the penultimate over of the innings. Full and right in the blockhole around off, this time Tristan Stubbs hangs deep in the crease and looks to go over long on but toe-ends it back to the bowler. |
| 19.1 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, Attempted yorker on middle, just missing by a couple of inches and Heinrich Klaasen powers it down to long on for a single. |
| 19.2 : Ali Khan to Tristan Stubbs, Banged in short and at the batter, Tristan Stubbs gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to the right of the man at deep mid-wicket for one more. |
| 19.3 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Picked-up and dispatched! Banged in well short and over middle, sitting up nicely for the batter. Heinrich Klaasen gets in position early and pulls it a bit off the top edge and gets enough power as the ball sails over the square leg fence. |
| 19.4 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, Close but not close enough! |
| 19.5 : Ali Khan to Heinrich Klaasen, Really well bowled that by Ali Khan. Heinrich Klaasen looks to back away and open up the off side by Ali Khan follows him with a yorker and Klaasen can only jam it out back past the bowler for a single towards mid off. |
| 19.6 : Ali Khan to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Glorious shot from Tristan Stubbs to end the innings! Ali Khan bowls it a bit full and at the stumps, Stubbs switches his position and plays the reverse scoop right back over the keeper's head with good timing and the ball goes into the ropes. South Africa finish with a huge total of 194/4 on the board! |
| 0.0 : A brilliant knock with the bat from Quinton de Kock and co, helps South Africa put up a show with the bat as they score 194 after 20 overs which is also the highest-ever Men's T20I total at this ground. After being asked to bat first, the Proteas started on the front foot and came out with a positive intent. Quinton de Kock in particular was the aggressor and smashed the bowlers of USA all around the park. He went on to play a superb knock of 74 off just 40 deliveries. It was another meager |
| Skipper of South Africa, Aiden Markram is up for a chat and he says theyâre happy with the total. Adds the conditions got better after 5-6 overs and it got difficult for the bowlers after that. Mentions that he is happy with the contribution from the top order and feels this is nicely set up for them. Reckons that the surface doesnât look to favor the spinners yet but they have got quality spinners and he is counting on them to do well and get the job done. |
| The bowling from USA was not up to the mark as they leaked runs on both sides and did not stick to their plans but eventually, they will feel they have kept the opposition about 15 runs or so short of what could have been an even higher total. The bowlers lacked discipline and gave a lot of 'hit-me' deliveries. Harmeet Singh got a timely double strike in his last over. Saurabh Netravalkar was once again spot on and bowled tremendously having figures of 21 for 2. The target is a big one but we |
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| We are back with the chase. The umpires have made their way to the middle followed by the players of South Africa. Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir are the openers for USA. |
| 0.1 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, FOUR! Up and running in fine fashion! A bit of a loosener to begin with from Marco Jansen as he bowls this one short and wide of the off stump. Steven Taylor stands tall and slaps the ball away between point and backward point and picks up a boundary to get the run chase going. |
| 0.2 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, Just short of a good length and looking to swing it away from the pads, Steven Taylor clips it away in front of mid-wicket and scampers across for a single. |
| 0.3 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, Much better from Marco Jansen. |
| 0.4 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, Pitched up on the off stump line, Andries Gous gets on the front foot and solidly blocks it towards mid off. |
| 0.5 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, Pitches it a bit further up and bowls it a bit wider as well, looking for the inswinger, Andries Gous shoulders arms at this one. |
| 0.6 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, A string of four dots to end the first over of the chase and USA are 5/0. Nagging length from Jansen, dropping it around off stump, Andries Gous looks to play on the up but watches it well and makes a late leave. |
| Next? |
| 1.1 : Aiden Markram to Steven Taylor, No run. |
| 1.2 : Aiden Markram to Steven Taylor, SIX! BANG! This is tossed up on a length around off stump, Steven Taylor gets a big stride forward and slogs it handsomely on one knee over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. That was some hit! |
| 1.3 : Aiden Markram to Steven Taylor, FOUR! Now square of the wicket and Steven Taylor has come out with real intent here. Floated up on the stumps, Taylor goes down to sweep and hits it hard to the left of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Aiden Markram to Steven Taylor, No run. |
| 1.5 : Aiden Markram to Steven Taylor, Quciker one, bowled into the pitch over off and middle, Steven Taylor forces it off the back foot down to long on and picks up a single. |
| 1.6 : Aiden Markram to Andries Gous, Fractionally short and on the pads, Andries Gous hangs back and just tucks it away around the corner for a couple of easy runs. 13 off that over, a good one for USA! |
| 2.1 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, WIDE! Banged in short and trying to attack the batter but gets it just down leg for a wide. |
| Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, Short of a length and angled into the hips, Steven Taylor stays back and looks to swing it away but misses out and gets hit on the thigh pads. |
| 2.2 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, FOUR! Up and away! On a good length and around off stump, Steven Taylor holds his shape well and thumps it over mid off with brute force as the ball bounces over the ropes for a boundary. |
| 2.3 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, WIDE! Fuller now and on the pads, angling down the leg side, Steven Taylor misses the flick and it will be another wide. |
| Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, Wow, that one really took off! Marco Jansen bangs the ball in halfway down the pitch but bends his back a bit more and bowls it around off. The ball hits the deck and shoots up as Steven Taylor is beaten all ends up on the pull. Excellent leaping take from Quinton de Kock behind the stumps. |
| 2.4 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, FOUR! The good old 'french cut' from Steven Taylor. |
| 2.5 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, No run. |
| 2.6 : Marco Jansen to Steven Taylor, A low full toss now, angling it in from around middle, Steven Taylor flicks the ball straight to the man at mid-wicket. |
| After just one over of spin from Aiden Markram, Kagiso Rabada replaces him. |
| 3.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, FOUR! That is a stunning shot! |
| 3.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, Quicker from Kagiso Rabada and following the batter down leg with a shortish delivery. Andries Gous gets cramped for room and takes a blow to the body. The ball rolls away and the batters pick up a quick leg bye. |
| 3.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Steven Taylor, OUT! CAUGHT! Steven Taylor trying to replicate his shot from the previous over but this one isn't full enough. |
| 0.0 : Nitish Kumar walks out next to bat for USA. |
| 3.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Nitish Kumar, Leg bye. |
| 3.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, No run. |
| 3.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, On a good length and attacking the stumps, Andries Gous looks to heave across the line but miscues it off the inner half of the bat behind square leg. |
| 4.1 : Marco Jansen to Nitish Kumar, Short of a good length and around off stump, some extra bounce there as well, Nitish Kumar watchfully blocks it off the back foot. |
| 4.2 : Marco Jansen to Nitish Kumar, SIX! Stand and deliver! That is a fantastic shot from Nitish Kumar. |
| 4.3 : Marco Jansen to Nitish Kumar, Slightly fuller and attacking the stumps, Nitish Kumar gets an inside edge off the pads and the ball rolls behind point as the batters scamper across for a run. Positive batting and running from the USA batter so far. |
| 4.4 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, 2 runs. |
| 4.5 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, SIX! Andries Gous now uses the wind to his advantage and goes with the wind to clear the fence. Short of a length and at the batter, Gous stays put and forces the lofted shot using the bottom hand and gets it over long on for another biggie. |
| 4.6 : Marco Jansen to Andries Gous, A couple of runs to end the over but the decision to give Marco Jansen and extra over has backfired for South Africa as 17 runs come off it. |
| 5.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Nitish Kumar, On a length drifting down leg, Nitish Kumar gently tucks this through mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 5.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, Back of a length following the batter to his leg, Andries Gous dabs this with soft hands towards cover-point and takes a single. |
| 5.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Nitish Kumar, OUT! c Tristan Stubbs b Kagiso Rabada. |
| 0.0 : Skipper, Aaron Jones is the new man in. |
| 5.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Aaron Jones, On a length around off, Aaron Jones gets on top of it and blocks this out. |
| 5.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Aaron Jones, Hits the hard length attacking the stumps, Aaron Jones punches this towards the leg side for no run. |
| 5.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Aaron Jones, Back of a length around off, Aaron Jones dabs this towards backward point for no run. Another successful over ends for Kagiso Rabada as he picks up a wicket and gives away just 2 runs off it. |
| 6.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Floats one wide of off, Andries Gous cuts this off the backfoot towards deep point and jogs back for the second. |
| 6.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Fuller around middle and leg, Andries Gous flicks this towards wide long on for one. |
| 6.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Aaron Jones, Quicker and flatter on off, keeps a tad low. Aaron Jones blocks it out. |
| 6.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Aaron Jones, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Tossed up around off, turns away from the right-hander. Aaron Jones pushes at it and gets an outside edge on its way in the gloves of Quinton de Kock behind the stumps. A massive blow for USA as Aaron Jones departs without troubling the scorers. |
| 0.0 : Corey Anderson walks in with USA in need of some stability. |
| 6.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Corey Anderson, Tossed up spinning down leg, Corey Anderson nudges this through square leg for one. |
| 6.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Fuller on off, Andries Gous gets on top of it and blocks it out. Keshav Maharaj starts well as he picks up a wicket and leaks just 4 runs of it. |
| 7.1 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, Back of a length angling across the batter, Corey Anderson gives it a good look and leaves it all alone. |
| 7.2 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, Corey Anderson is looking to take down Anrich Nortje. Good length on leg, Corey Anderson advances down the track and looks for the pull. Gets an inside edge instead, rolling back to the keeper. |
| 7.3 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, On a length around off, Corey Anderson rolls this to long off for one. |
| 7.4 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, Good length sliding down leg, Andries Gous nudges this towards deep square leg for one. |
| 7.5 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, Bends his back from over the wicket but strays down leg, Corey Anderson helps it on the swivel towards fine leg region for one. |
| 7.6 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, Bumper outside off, Andries Gous looks to hook this but gets late to it and ends up toe-poking it back to the keeper. It could have gone anywhere but luckily for the batter, the ball rolled back to the keeper. |
| 8.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Corey Anderson, Floats one outside off, Corey Anderson cuts this to deep point for a single. |
| 8.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Tossed up on off, much slower. Andries Gous goes back in his crease and cuts this towards sweeper cover for one. |
| 8.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Corey Anderson, Length dragged back, turning into the batter. Corey Anderson clears his front leg and smashes this towards wide long on for one. |
| 8.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Fuller around the pads, Andries Gous flicks this through square leg for another single. |
| 8.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Corey Anderson, No run. |
| 8.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Corey Anderson, Tossed up on off, Corey Anderson drills this to long off for one. |
| 9.1 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, No run. |
| 9.2 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, SIX! GO FETCH THAT! Back of a length on middle and leg, Corey Anderson moves away from the line of it and pulls this flat and over the fence towards the mid-wicket region for a biggie. |
| 9.3 : Anrich Nortje to Corey Anderson, OUT! CASTLED! Change in the length of the delivery and it deliverys for Anrich Nortje. |
| 0.0 : Shayan Jahangir walks in at number 6. |
| 9.4 : Anrich Nortje to Shayan Jahangir, On a length angling into the batter, Shayan Jahangir gets lucky with an inside edge onto his pads to survive a golden duck once again. |
| 9.5 : Anrich Nortje to Shayan Jahangir, Good length in the line of the stumps, Shayan Jahangir drives this towards extra-cover for no run. |
| 9.6 : Anrich Nortje to Shayan Jahangir, WIDE! Bumper, way too short for the umpire's liking. Shayan Jahangir sways away from it and the umpire signals wide. |
| Anrich Nortje to Shayan Jahangir, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! USA have gone from being 51/1 at the end of 5 overs to now losing 4 wickets at the end of 10 overs with just 73 runs on the board. This has been excellent from South Africa in middle overs. Kagiso Rabada gave them the first two breakthroughs and after that, Anrich Nortje and Keshav Maharaj have built on it nicely. With Tabraiz Shamsi yet to be introduced into the attack, USA are in for a tough ride from here on. Can they weather the storm? Let's find out. |
| 10.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Shayan Jahangir, Quicker one, trying to slide this one into the pads, Shayan Jahangir is late on it and ends up getting it off the pads down to short fine leg. |
| 10.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Shayan Jahangir, Oh, that was a huge swing and a miss from Shayan Jahangir. |
| 10.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Shayan Jahangir, 1 run. |
| 10.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Tossed up around off stump, Andries Gous drives it away towards deep cover and turns the strike over. |
| 10.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shayan Jahangir, Bowls it a bit flat and fires it in full and wide of the off stump, Shayan Jahangir looks to reach and cut late but misses. |
| 10.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Shayan Jahangir, A bit fuller again and drifting onto the stumps, Shayan Jahangir looks to flick it away but ends up chipping it off the leading edge back over the bowler's head for another single. |
| Change? |
| 11.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shayan Jahangir, OUT! LBW! A huge appeal and the finger is raised as Tabraiz Shamsi strikes on the very first delivery. Shayan Jahangir has a chat with Andries Gous at the other end and the review is taken. Shamsi tosses this one up a lot slower at around 80 clicks and floats it on middle stump. Jahangir looks to come forward and just work it on the leg side but the ball turns in and Jahangir plays all over it getting hit plumb in front. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball T |
| 0.0 : Harmeet Singh walks out next to bat. |
| 11.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, On a shorter length and around off stump, Harmeet Singh rocks back and punches it uppishly down to long off for a single. |
| 11.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, FOUR! Up and over! Nicely placed by Andries Gous but Marco Jansen will feel he should have done better in the deep. |
| 11.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, 1 run. |
| 11.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, FOUR! That's a gift and Harmeet Singh takes full advantage of the freebie. Too full and drifted down leg, Harmeet gets inside the line and paddles it down to fine leg for four runs. |
| 11.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, Quite full again but on middle this time, Harmeet Singh hangs back and doesn't get under it, only managing to hit it down to long on for a run. |
| 12.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Harmeet Singh, 1 run. |
| 12.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Flighted ball, a bit shorter and wider of the off stump, Andries Gous waits well and taps the ball away in front of the man at deep point and picks up a couple of runs. |
| 12.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Nagging length around middle and slanting it in, Andries Gous presses back and pushes it down to long on for one more. |
| 12.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Harmeet Singh, SIX! Hammered away and Harmeet Singh makes excellent use of the long handle. Tossed up a bit too full and around off, Harmeet gets on the front foot and swats it away flat and well wide of Tristan Stubbs at long on for a biggie. |
| 12.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Harmeet Singh, 1 run. |
| 12.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Andries Gous, Fuller in length and drifting into the legs, Andries Gous flicks it away nicely towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Nicely tossed up around off, Andries Gous steps down the pitch and meets the ball on the full before driving it away to long on for a run. The 100 comes up for USA! |
| 13.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, Tossed up a bit slower and under 80 clicks on the pads, Harmeet Singh goes for the hard sweep behind square but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 13.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, The call is for two but they won't get it. |
| 13.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Tossed up and following the batter down the leg side, Andries Gous flicks it away to square leg for a dot. |
| 13.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Gives this one a nice loop and gets it to turn back in from leg stump, Andries Gous backs away and punches it away through covers for one. |
| 13.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, Short ball over middle stump, Harmeet Singh stays back and lofts it over the mid-wicket region for just one more. |
| 14.1 : Anrich Nortje to Harmeet Singh, Excellent delivery! Just a shade fuller and angling away from the off stump, Harmeet Singh looks to cut but the ball is too close to the body and he is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 14.2 : Anrich Nortje to Harmeet Singh, Pitched up full and at the stumps, Harmeet Singh clears the front leg and miscues the slog towards mid wicket for a single. |
| 14.3 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, FOUR! Too much heat on that one and Aiden Markram can't cut it off. |
| 14.4 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, Gets enough on it! Hard length around off and middle, Andries Gous stays put and looks to go downtown but mistimes the lofted shot over mid on. Aiden Markram sprints back and pulls the ball back in and keeps it down to two. |
| 14.5 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, SIX! Andries Gous going for broke here and USA are still in it. |
| 14.6 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, SIX! Another one and the FIFTY is up for Andries Gous, he is turning up the heat in Antigua. A slower bumper from Anrich Nortje, dug in at the body, Gous picks it up early, waits for it and pulls it well over deep backward square leg for another biggie. 19 off the over! |
| 15.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, SIX! Tossed up around the pads, Harmeet Singh slog sweeps this way behind the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region and gets another maximum for his side. |
| 15.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, Fuller on the pads, Harmeet Singh sweeps this towards deep mid-wicket region for a single this time. |
| 15.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, FOUR! BRILLIANTLY HIT FOR FOUR! Short of a length on leg, Andries Gous moves to his leg and slams it over the bowler's head for a boundary down the ground towards long on. |
| 15.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Wrong'un down leg, Andries Gous tucks this through square leg for a single. |
| 15.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, Tossed up wide of off, turns further away from Harmeet Singh. The batter drags this from the cue end of his bat towards long on for one. |
| 15.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Length dragged back around middle and leg, Andries Gous goes deep in his crease and cuts this towards Keshav Maharaj at point. Harmeet Singh came a long way down backing up on this but a fumble from Keshav Maharaj neglated the chance of a run out at the non-striking end. |
| 16.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Harmeet Singh, NO BALL! Beamer over the waist around off, Harmeet Singh misses the cut on this. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Harmeet Singh, 1 run. |
| 16.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, Good length outside off, Andries Gous punches this towards sweeper cover and takes one. Gous wanted the second but Harmeet Singh denied that and rightly so. |
| 16.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Harmeet Singh, FOUR! Up and over. Back of a length around off, Harmeet Singh jumps down the track and lofts this with the wind over the extra-cover fielder towards the shorter side of the ground for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Harmeet Singh, Short-pitched in middle, Harmeet Singh stamps this through point for one. |
| 16.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, Good change of pace from Kagiso Rabada. On a length wide of off, Andries Gous moves to his off looking to utilize the wind to his leg but the bowler cleverly darts this even wide. |
| 16.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, WIDE! Fuller one way too wide otuside off. Andries Gous leaves it all alone. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, Good length outside off, Andries Gous gets late for the pull and toe pokes this through mid off for one. |
| 17.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Fuller on leg, Andries Gous swivels and flicks this towards deep fine leg for one. |
| 17.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, WIDE! Fuller one way too wide of off, turns further away. The batter swings and misses but the umpire signals wide. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, Fuller outside off, turns away from the batter. Harmeet Singh moves to his off and looks to slog but misses. |
| 17.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, SIX! AUDACIOUSLY SMASHED! Tossed up way outside off, Harmeet Singh shuffles to his off and slogs this over the fence towards the long on region for a biggie. Pressure mountin on South Africa. |
| 17.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, WIDE! Short of a length outside off, turning further away. Harmeet Singh leaves this and the umpire signals wide. |
| Tabraiz Shamsi to Harmeet Singh, 1 run. |
| 17.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Short of a length on the pads, Andries Gous swivels an pulls this all the way over the fence for a maximum behind the fence towards the deep square leg region. USA are inching closer to the finish line. |
| 17.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Andries Gous, Six! |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. |
| 18.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Harmeet Singh, OUT! The pendulum swings again. Pitched up on the pads, Harmeet Singh flicks this but finds Tristan Stubbs stationed at the deep mid-wicket fence. Tristan Stubbs judges this well and takes this nice and clean to dismiss Harmeet Singh. |
| 18.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Jessy Singh, No run. |
| 18.1 : Jessy Singh is the new batter in. |
| 18.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Jessy Singh, Good length outside off, Jessy Singh looks to get some bat behind this but gets beaten again. |
| 18.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Jessy Singh, Back of a length around the pads, Jessy Singh hits this towards deep mid-wicket region for one. |
| 18.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Andries Gous, Full and wide outside off, Andries Gous slices this to deep point for another single. |
| 18.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Jessy Singh, No run. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl the final over? It will be Anrich Nortje and he has 25 runs to play with. Can Andries Gous pull off something remarkably special here? Let's find out. |
| 19.1 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, Good length in the line of stumps, Andries Gous pushes this to extra-cover and surprisingly takes the single. |
| 19.2 : Anrich Nortje to Jessy Singh, Back of a length outside off, Jessy Singh punches this to sweeper cover for one. |
| 19.3 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, Fuller on off, Andries Gous drills this powerfully but straight back to the bowler. And that should be game, set and match for South Africa here. |
| 19.4 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, FOUR! On a length following the batter to his leg, Andries Gous swings and manages to slice this one, falling just in front of Kagiso Rabada at short third and evading him for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : Anrich Nortje to Andries Gous, Full and wide outside off, Andries Gous slices this towards deep third for a single. |
| 19.6 : Anrich Nortje to Jessy Singh, Fuller on off, Jessy Singh drills this to mid off for no run. South Africa get over the line as they defeat USA by 18 runs. |
| 0.0 : What an enthralling contest but in the end, South Africa have reigned supreme and become the first team to register a win in the Super 8s of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. USA gave it their all and almost pulled off another huge win but have to settle for second-best here. South Africa had the runs on the board but it felt like they should have got more at the backend of their innings. Their frontline pacers weren't great to start with but Kagiso Rabada managed to pick up an early wicket. Th |
| Almost another feather in the cap for USA but that slump in the batting after the Powerplay has cost them dearly here. Needing 195 for the win, they lost Steven Taylor after he made a quick start but the next four batters that came in scored a total of just 23 runs. Andries Gous was going great guns at one end and needed a partner and he got it in the form of Harmeet Singh. Together, the pair put on 91 runs in a remarkable stand and that left-hand, right-hand combination proved to be quite des |
| Earlier in the game, Aaron Jones put South Africa into bat after winning the toss in the hopes of some early wickets but this backfired as after getting rid of Reeza Hendricks early on, the USA bowlers were taken to the cleaners by Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram. The pair never let their foot off the pedal and kept going hard at the bowlers. They added 110 runs as de Kock brought up a brilliant fifty but Markram got out on 46. The Proteas lost de Kock as well but managed to stitch togethe |
| The Presentation ceremony... |
| Quinton de Kock is the Player Of The Match for his splendid batting performance. He is up for a quick chat and says he feels good to spend some time in the middle and the wicket helped as this was a better surface to bat on and not that tricky. Adds that he managed to take advantage of the shorted boundary and that helped. Mentions that they have played on some tricky tracks but it is nice to get such a pitch and theyâll be looking to build up from hereon. Closes by saying that they have got |
| The captain of USA, Aaron Jones says that they aren't disappointed but it is hard to swallow this defeat and could have been more disciplined with the ball. Adds that they have a lot of talent in the team and if they play well, they can beat any side. Mentions that they need to be a lot more disciplined and they will go back to the drawing and come back hard. Adds that he is happy to go to Barbados as he knows the conditions well. |
| The victorious skipper of South Africa, Aiden Markram is up for a chat. He says Andries Gous and Harmeet Singh played well and gave a hard time but theyâll learn from this and will look to win more comprehensively. Says that at one point USA were 70-80 for five and had the bowling been a bit more disciplined the result would have looked something different. Adds that there is always room for improvement but the wicket got a bit better to bat on in the second half of the chase but they did w |
| Right then, the first game of the Super Eight stage is done and dusted but it is just the start of what looks to be a very closely-fought contest for those semifinal spots. Next up, reigning champions England go up against an in-form West Indies side at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia in a star-studded match up. That game will be played on Thursday, 20 June at 6 am IST (12.30 am GMT) but you can tune in to our build-up much sooner. Till then, take care and goodby |
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